refinement

英 [rɪˈfaɪnmənt]

美 [rɪˈfaɪnmənt]

n.  (精细的)改进，改善; 改良品; 经过改进的东西; 精炼; 提炼; 提纯

复数：refinements　

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牛津词典

noun

• （精细的）改进，改善
  a small change to sth that improves it
  1. This particular model has a further refinement.
     这一款式又有了进一步的改进。
• 改良品；经过改进的东西
  a thing that is an improvement on an earlier, similar thing
  1. The new plan is a refinement of the one before.
     新计划比原计划有改进。
• 精炼；提炼；提纯
  the process of improving sth or of making sth pure
  1. the refinement of industrial techniques
     工业技术的进一步提高
  2. the refinement of uranium
     铀的提炼
• 优雅；礼貌；有教养
  the quality of being polite and well educated and able to judge the quality of things; the state of having the sort of manners that are considered typical of a high social class
  1. a person of considerable refinement
     很有教养的人
  2. an atmosphere of refinement
     优雅的气氛

柯林斯词典

• N-VAR 完善;修正;改进
  Refinementsare small changes or additions that you make to something in order to improve it.Refinementis the process of making refinements.
  1. Older cars inevitably lack the latest safety refinements.
     老款的汽车难免缺少经过改进的最新安全保护装置。
  2. ...development and refinement of the game.
     比赛的发展和改进
• N-UNCOUNT 彬彬有礼;有教养
  Refinementis politeness and good manners.
  1. ...a girl who possessed both dignity and refinement.
     既有尊严又有教养的女孩

双语例句

• All the elegance, all the refinement of high society was gathered there.
  上流社会的所有高雅和精致都被集中在那儿。
• The elegance of a line depends above all on the purity and refinement of its construction.
  线条之优雅首先取决于其结构的纯洁和精致。
• She's the personification of culture and refinement.
  她是文化和教养的化身。
• A high degree of taste and refinement formed by aesthetic and intellectual training.
  通过美学和智力训练而形成的高品味和文雅。
• Further refinement is possible by ranking the proposals or simply excluding individual proposals in examining the gap.
  通过将建议分级或简单地排除缺口检查中的个人建议来更好地改进是可能的。
• The cultivation of personality is both moral and aesthetic, and it requires both scholarship and refinement.
  性格的创造是道德上和审美上的问题，而且同时需要学识和风雅。
• The composition of fossil fuels varies with source, type, and degree of refinement.
  矿物燃料的成分随来源、种类和精选程度而变化。
• The tools, the training, and the techniques should be under constant refinement.
  工具、培训，和技术应该处于不变的改进之下。
• During initial development these two steps can be combined to allow easy creation and refinement of prototype services.
  在初始开发中，可结合这两个步骤以简化创建和精炼原型服务。
• Good manners and correct speech are marks of refinement.
  彬彬有礼和谈吐得体是文雅的标志。